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Negitives and Positives

Time Period

Negitives:

  • the act encourages more illegal immigrants to come into America
  • the act is extreamly controversial

Positives:

  • the illegal immigrants for acquire higher educaton

1846

What is Opposed?

Opinion

Mexican War

Relation to American Dream

Problem and Solution

Illigal immigrants should not be rewarded for coming into our country illegally

Every person has rights

Problem~ illigal immigrens cannot afford higher educaton

Solution~ The American Dream Act

Prefered Method of Response

Spoke out against Mexican war

"Civil Disovedience"

"A Dream for Many"

Is this the American Dream?

Who Responds

For the immigrants, yes. They are getting an equal opportunity to achieve success, by being able to pursue a higher education

Henrey David Throeau

Connection to the Dream

  • Being original
  • Difficult for some people not everyone likes to go along with socity

Society

  • To do what you're told
  • dont think, go along
  • to be perfect

Individual

  • doing what makes you happy
  • being who you are

Individual vs Society's

How to Define and Live a Worthy Life

  • making a difference
  • going out of your way for others
  • staying true to yourself

Who Responds?

Power of the Individual

Benefits

  • acception
  • less conflict

Dr. Martin Luther King jr.

Conformity

Connection to the Dream

Being apart of society, everyone wants to be accepted by someone

The American Dream

Harm

  • changing who you are/ being someone you're not
  • forget who you really are

Candy

George and Lennie were willing to give Candy a chance to live the American Dream with them, he becomes excited by the hope of leaving the ranch one day.

Example:

Preferred Method of Response

Peaceful protest

Candy hears George and Lennie speaking about their dream. Candy joins into the idea of achieving their dream by offering to help pay for the house and land.

"Stride Toward Freedom"

the idea that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative.

Of Mice and Men

Crooks

What is Opposed?

Due to Crooks past and his race, he feels as though the American Dream in unattainable.

Example:

  • violent rebellion
  • doing nothing

An African-American stable worker named Crooks speaks his opinion to Lennie and Candy about having an American Dream. Crooks says, “’You guys is just kiddin’ yourself. You’ll talk about it a hell of a lot, but you won’t get no land. You’ll be a swamper here till they take you out in a box. Hell, I seen too many guys. Lennie here’ll quit an’ be on the road in two, three weeks. Seems like ever’ guy got land in his head’”.

Relation to American Dream

Time Period of Opposition

Equality

1954

George and Lennie

George and Lennie share a hope that drives them to obtain their American Dream.

Example:

George is talking to Lennie about owning their own land, George says, "We'll have a big begetable patch and a rabbit hunch and chickens!"

Relation to American Dream

The new colony wants to be independent from the king of Britan

Speech to the VA Convention

Time Period of Opposition

1846

Who Responds

What is Opposed

Patrick Henery

Britain contronling the new world

The American Dream

Preferred Method of Response

War

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